Genshin Impact: Pro Tips For Playing As Arataki Itto
If you want to get the most out of Arataki Itto in Genshin Impact, you’ll need to approach your build and general usage a bit differently than usual. Itto is rather different from your usual Geo characters and even from other DPS fighters. He relies less on flashy Elemental moves and more on brute force, which is good and bad in equal measure.
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The good is that Itto dishes out plenty of damage. The bad is he can’t always take it in return. If you play your cards right and plan how and when you use his special abilities, though, Itto can be one of the most powerful characters in your party.
Itto is a rare instance where his Elemental Skill and Burst are less useful than his normal and charged attacks. Itto’s second and fourth normal attacks grant him a stack of Superlative Superstrength. Using a charged attack consumes one stack and turns into Arataki Kesagiri, a stronger attack with high interruption resistance that ends with a powerful slash. It also consumes no stamina.
In short, most successful Itto builds revolve around using normal attacks to power up his charged attack. This is how you’ll (safely) deal the most damage, rather than relying on Itto’s Burst and Skill.
Itto’s Elemental Burst sounds great on paper, with its boost to attack speed and power. There’s a catch, though. The move also reduces Itto’s physical and elemental defense by 20%. It sounds like a small reduction, but if Itto is your main DPS drawing enemy attention, it’s easy for him to get overwhelmed quickly after activating the Burst. There is one way to help reduce the risk to him, though.
The Ushi bull that appears during Itto’s Elemental Skill draws enemy attention from his
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